Soyuz TMA-14 (Soyuz Programme) Black Coffee Mug

The Soyuz TMA-14 mission refers to the fourteenth manned flight of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is part of the broader Soyuz Programme. This particular mission marked the end of Expedition 25 and the beginning of Expedition 26 to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched on April 8, 2010, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Soyuz TMA-14 carried three astronauts: Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, American astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The mission concluded with a safe return to Earth on October 26, 2010. Throughout their time aboard the ISS, the crew conducted various scientific experiments and maintenance tasks, contributing to ongoing research in fields such as biology, physics, and earth sciences.